Details
Contributor Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 6598
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of women instructing children.
Date [between 1861 and 1876?]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 7.2 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 6598, also 363 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of women who appear to be instructing children in a one-room school setting; one woman appears to wear a headscarf or veil, as do many of the children, but another may be wearing European dress; most if not all of the children appear to be girls; one woman gestures while reading a book in front of two kneeling girls; another holds what may be a scroll toward one of two children looking on; two more women sit cross-legged and a line of children sits against a wall.
“N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
“Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Teaching.
Reading.
Women.
Girls.
Children.
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 25